Posts by legacycreativeco

When Project Create opened our first studio, we made sure that our program director was an art therapist. Our programs have a therapeutic approach–it’s woven through everything we do. Trauma-informed and healing-centered teaching has always been important to us. The children and youth and families we serve have amazing talent and extraordinary capabilities. What we…

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For the past 27 years, the nonprofit Project Create has nurtured young minds and spirits through art and expression from the visual arts to theater and music. News4’s Derrick Ward spoke with an artist about his message of peace and nonviolence. Watch coverage here

Four students from the District who are participants in Project Create, a youth-oriented arts education non-profit, made limited edition reusable charity tote bags that are available for sale only at the Lidl at Skyland Town Center in Southeast Washington. The Project Create students whose work appears on the bags are Akilah Daniels, 12; Gabriel Trembath-Nicholson, 12; Nyzear Allen,…

Watch coverage here: WASHINGTON — Four young artists from D.C.’s Project Create have teamed up with charities and Lidl to create special-edition tote bags meant to help the community.  The bags are available to purchase exclusively at Lidl’s Skyland D.C. store for $3.99 each. Proceeds from the sale of the bags will benefit the Joyful Food Markets, a…

Read source: In November 2020, the D.C. Office of the Attorney General and Project Create launched a D.C. youth art competition called Artists v. Hate, Standing Up for Humanity. This competition, which is a part of Attorney General Racine’s larger counter hate initiative, is designed to empower D.C. youth to stand up against hate, to promote social justice, and to inspire change…

Read source: WASHINGTON — The District is still coping with the mass shooting that happened at a cookout in Southeast D.C. Sunday. D.C. Police said 22 people were shot and a 17-year old father was killed. Last month, D.C. averaged one killing a day, according to D.C. Crime Data. An 11-year-old and a four-year-old were…